Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Boy Oh Boy!

This past week I got a lovely surprise when one of my blogger friends Jenny, placed an order through my etsy shop for 25 tissue covers for a baby shower. The colors she requested were chocolate brown, cream and blue. I knew exactly what fabric I wanted to use. These fabrics are all from Sweetwater's "Pure" collection. There are some fabrics that definately scream "boy" to me but I didn't want to use those for the tissue covers because these shower favors are for women even though it's a shower for a baby boy. I love that there are hearts and roses and tiny flowers as well as stripes and tiny polka dots!

And because Jenny is such a sweetheart (she made me the cutest apron and you can see it here) that I wanted to send her just a little something extra with her order. Since I am participating in the Craft Book challenge, I decided to use a pattern from the book Sew, So Cute by Mary Engelbreit. I used some of the more masculine co-ordinating fabrics from the Pure collection to make the patchwork front panel for this bib. I love it and I hope she does too :)

Very nice and thoughtful too. WWKD - What Would Karen Do? I am trying to start thinking like you when I work on my projects. Following the pattern can be boring sometimes. I love the way you put your personality into everything :-)!

Hi, I guess I'll start with the details. My name is Karen and I am a born again Christian who loves the Lord Jesus with all my heart. I have been married to my high school sweetheart for over 36 years. He is my best friend and partner in crime :) We have 2 children and 7 grandchildren with one on the way! I have always loved sewing and crafting. We recently moved to Idaho to grow our home business and now my handsome hubby works with me full time. God had truly blessed us!!!